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sausage, feta, and almond-parsley pesto pasta

Servings: 4 -6 servings

Ingredients

  • 10-12 oz fusilli pasta or pasta of your choice
  • 4 links chicken sausage I used roasted garlic chicken sausage
  • ½ cup crumbled feta cheese

for the almond-parsley pesto:

  • 1 cup slivered almonds
  • 2 cups parsley leaves loosely packed
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • ¼ cup olive oil

Instructions

  • Bring large pot of water to boil.
  • Add pasta and 1 tablespoon salt and cook according to package.
  • Once cooked, save ½ cup of pasta water and drain the pasta.
  • While pasta is cooking, cook the chicken sausages in separate skillet over medium-high heat, according to package, until cooked. Mine took about 8 minutes.
  • While pasta and sausage are cooking, you can also make the pesto.
  • Make the pesto by adding almonds, parsley, Parmesan cheese, lemon zest, and salt to food processor.
  • Pulse until very finely chopped.
  • Add lemon juice and olive oil and pulse until well combined. You may have to scrape down the edges a couple of times to make sure the olive oil is evenly distributed.
  • Once pasta and sausage are cooked, combine them in large pot.
  • Add ⅓-1/2 cup of pesto and 2 tablespoon of pasta water.
  • Stir to combine well. Add more pasta water, 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed. I added about ¼ cup total just to moisten it a bit.
  • Serve into pasta bowls and top with crumbled feta.
  • Enjoy!